You answer is: 17
Or otherwise B. is your correct answer.
(9 - 23) = -(14)
| 47 - 16| = 31
31 + (-14) = 17
If you notice the picture below
the composite figure is just a trapezoid sitting on top of a rectangle
and then, the rectangle has a triangular hole in it
so.. get the area of the trapezoid

then get the area of the rectangle, which is just a 12x14
and then get the area of the triangle, which surely you know is 1/2 bh
then, subtract the triangle's area from the rectangle's area
and whatever is left, namely the difference, add that to the area of the trapezoid, and that's the composite's area
namely the area of the trapezoid plus the rectangle's, minus the triangle's
Answer:
See proof below
Step-by-step explanation:
We have to verify that if we substitute
in the equation
the equality is true.
Let's substitute first in the right hand side:

Now we use the distributive laws. Also, note that
(this also works when the power is n-2).



then the sequence solves the recurrence relation.
Step-by-step explanation:
the formula for the sum of the first n terms of a geometric sequence is
Sn = s1(1 - r^n)/(1 - r)
with r being the common ratio and s1 is the first term.
so,
S15 = 7×(1 - (-3)¹⁵)/(1 - -3) = 7×(1 - -14,348,907)/4 =
= 7×14,348,908/4 = 7×3,587,227 = 25,110,589